USAC approves changes to system funding student programs

The undergraduate student government voted Tuesday night to approve changes to their student group programming funding system, beginning next fall.

As of the 2012-13 academic year, USAC will not allot more than 33 percent of its contingency programming budget in fall quarter until the amount of surplus funds for the year is finalized.

Preservation society calls for conservation of UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

A national preservation society has released an alert in response to the impending sale of the UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden, deeming the garden “threatened.”

In November, UCLA announced plans to sell the Bel Air garden, which was donated in 1965 by former UC Board of Regents chair Edwin Carter and his wife Hannah.

On Thursday, the Garden Conservancy posted what it called a “threatened garden alert” on their website and called for preservation.

“The Garden Conservancy has expressed our concern in writing to the UCLA Chancellor, as have others,” according to the posting on the website.

ASUCLA Services Committee approves motion to fund USAC's request for $100,000

The undergraduate student government is one step closer to receiving $100,000 from the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors, funds that would help support student group programming for the rest of the academic year.

Representatives from the Undergraduate Student Association Council today presented their request for additional funding to the ASUCLA Services Committee, a sub-committee of the Board of Directors.